When you press "For you" at the top in the Instagram app (or the logo if it doesn't fully load), you can switch to "Following" and it will show you posts from only your friends from the past 30 days, and if you're using Instagram in the browser, you can bookmark https://www.instagram.com/?variant=following if you want it to be the default page you go to.
replySo why blur and not just hide?
replyIt says in the post OP didn't want to fix the layout (and it is implied that empty space is less friendly than blurred content)
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